International Jewish Cemetery Project
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

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Tahitótfalu Jewish cemetery is at the edge of the village on the right side of the road leading to Pócsmegyer. The stone fence remains are only a small part near the entrance. The beautiful wooden gate is intact. Károly Stefanich is caretaker. In 2000, students of Lauder School along, the town council, and the Kristóf family cleared the cemetery. About 20 to 25 graves, some are missing their top, exist. At corner of the graveyard are the burial place of the Kelen and Fleischmann family with the oldest gravestonefrom 1891 and the most recent from 1940. On the Fleischmann mausoleum and on the gravestone of Gyuláné Raab are the family Holocaust losses added after the war. [March 2009]